Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5261 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
BID:56211
Info
Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5261 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
| Bugtraq ID: | 56211 |
| Class: | Unknown |
| CVE: |
CVE-2012-5261 |
| Remote: | Yes |
| Local: | No |
| Published: | Oct 08 2012 12:00AM |
| Updated: | Mar 19 2015 08:30AM |
| Credit: | Mateusz Jurczyk, Gynvael Coldwind, and Fermin Serna from Google Security Team |
| Vulnerable: |
SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 SuSE SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 SuSE openSUSE 12.1 SuSE openSUSE 11.4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 server Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary 5 client openSUSE openSUSE 12.2 |
| Not Vulnerable: | |
Discussion
Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5261 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Adobe Flash Player and AIR are prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability.
An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code, cause denial-of-service conditions, and potentially allowing an attacker to take control of the affected system.
NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 55827 (Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB12-22 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities) but has been given its own record to better document it.
Adobe Flash Player and AIR are prone to a remote memory-corruption vulnerability.
An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code, cause denial-of-service conditions, and potentially allowing an attacker to take control of the affected system.
NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 55827 (Adobe Flash Player and AIR APSB12-22 Multiple Remote Vulnerabilities) but has been given its own record to better document it.
Exploit / POC
Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5261 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Currently we are not aware of any exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].
Currently we are not aware of any exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].
Solution / Fix
Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5261 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.
Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references for more information.
References
Adobe Flash Player and AIR CVE-2012-5261 Memory Corruption Vulnerability
References:
References:
- Adobe AIR homepage (Adobe)
- Adobe Flash Homepage (Adobe)
- Adobe Flash Player: Multiple vulnerabilities (Gentoo)
- APSB12-22 : Security updates available for Adobe Flash Player (Adobe)
- BSRT-2013-004 Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player version included with the Bl (Blackberry)
- openSUSE Security Update: flash-player: Update to 11.2.202.243 (openSUSE)
- Update for Vulnerabilities in Adobe Flash Player in Internet Explorer 10 (Microsoft)